UTILIZATION OF BASSWOOD. 



SUPPLY. 



Basswood timber grows in the eastern half of the United States, 

 but it is not important near the Atlantic coast south of New England 

 nor in the Gulf Coast States. 



The estimated stand of basswood is given by regions in figure 1. 

 The New England region contains approximately 666,000,000 board 



Fig. 1.— Estimated stand of basswood by State groups. 



feet of timber, or 7 per cent of the supply. The middle Atlantic 

 region, made up of the States of New York, Pennsylvania, New 

 Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, contains a trifle more. The Lake 

 region, the most important region, contains more than one-half of 

 all the basswood in the United States, or about 5,082,000,000 board 

 feet. The second most important region, the central region, whose 



